Highwood Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Reading, Wokingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wokingham Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Highwood Primary School is a primary school in Reading, Wokingham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Wokingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Highwood Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 19 of the 21 other Wokingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 29 first-choice applications for 39 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer and the 3rd lowest of 44 Wokingham primary schools.
- Every first-choice family for Reception 2026 was offered a place, and 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 15.9% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 9.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wokingham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wokingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Fairwater Drive, Woodley, Reading, RG5 3JE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wokingham
- Pupils on roll
- 429 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 29 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wokingham.
- South Lake Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beechwood Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rivermead Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Aldryngton Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Willow Bank Infant School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willow Bank Junior School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade